view file photoKevin Serna, 9, practices Archery at the Age of Chivalry Renaissance Festival in 2005.
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Hear ye, hear ye. By declaration of the Queen of the Realm, serfs and wenches, knights and ladies alike are invited to a celebration in her majesty's honor.
The 16th annual Age of Chivalry Renaissance Festival returns Friday through Sunday at Sunset Park, 2601 E. Sunset Road. With the announcement of the fair's first masquerade ball, lovers of all things medieval are sure to enjoy a festival filled to the brim with queens and jousts, fairies and goblins, princes and kings.
Michelle Roth, a fashion design professional who joined the festival cast last year, will be reprising her role as the queen.
Events will include the Kids Court, where children of all ages will be permitted to approach the queen and accept a token from her.
"It's cool because they can come and meet me and chat and have something to take home as a souvenir," Roth said. "They can meet me all three days if they want to."
Other activities will include a masquerade ball, where partygoers are invited to come in costume, have tea with the queen and observe a historical wedding.
"My husband and I are actually really renewing our vows during the ceremony," Roth said. "But it will all be done with historical accuracy and pomp and circumstance. The way it would have happened in medieval times."
The fair also will include Celtic rock concerts, strolling minstrels, gladiator battles, belly dancers, full-contact jousting, bow and arrow and guild demonstrations, a pirate ship and village, authentic medieval food and hundreds of vendors hocking medieval-type wares.
Visitors are not permitted to bring food, drinks, lawn chairs or blankets into the event.
Ticket prices range from $10 for adults to $5 for seniors and children.
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